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A matchup between two very evenly-matched softball squads, Carrington and the Nelson County/Midkota Chargers, would end up going the way of the visiting team by a 6-5 final score at the City Park diamond Tuesday, April 23. In Minto the previous day, CHS earned their first win of the year, 10-6, over the Midway/Minto Mustangs. Statistics from the games were not available at press time....
Despite a close defeat to Carrington on Monday, April 15, the Sheyenne-New Rockford Black Sox have gotten off to a hot start this season. Going into Monday's game, the Sox had won four straight to start their season and were looking to keep their good fortunes going. Unfortunately for them, however, the Cardinals had other ideas. After more than an hour rain delay, the Cards did most of their damage in the first inning, as several defensive errors allowed a pair of unearned runs to cross home...
The Carrington Cardinal baseball team's run towards what they hope is a state Class B tournament berth started Thursday, April 11, at Corbett Field in Minot. There, the Minot North Sentinels, a newly-created Class A school playing a junior varsity schedule, used twin three-run frames to get past the Cards, 6-3. Corbin Clifton's two-hit, three-RBI effort, including a triple, led the way for CHS. Grady Shipman hit a double, stole a base and scored twice, and the Cards' other hits came from Owen...
With four blistering laps around the track at the Grafton Spoiler Outdoor meet on April 12, Carrington senior Madison Johnson put her name among others displayed on the red shields in the West Gym. Johnson's time of 5:13.68 set a new school record in the 1,600-meter run at the meet, besting the time of 5:16.48 set by Amanda Jarrett back in 2017. In the same event, junior Kenadie Pazdernik added a second event to her state meet schedule, running 5:25.35. Johnson also ran the anchor leg on...
Harvey-Wells County took a small squad to the Bismarck Community Bowl on Saturday, April 13, to participate in the Karlgaard Invite. Only six schools participated in the meet, which hosted a varsity and junior high division for both the boys and girls. The Hornets track and field athletes had a great day, performing with nine personal bests, three state qualifying standards met and one school record set. Keaton Keller had a great day as he set a new Harvey-Wells County School record in the...
Even with a momentary bout of freezing rain that hit the City Park complex on Thursday, April 11, the Carrington softball team managed to get in a game with the Thompson Tommies. The visitors are a returning Class B tournament qualifier from last spring, and served notice that they should be in the conversation once again with a 20-3 win over the Cards. Thompson rapped out 19 hits in the victory. Sydney Schwabe had three hits from the leadoff spot, and Kya Hurst and Cindy Eliason each scored thr...
The sun came out Tuesday, April 9, and the Carrington and HWC girls' softball teams met at the field at the Fessenden City Park for the teams' first action of the spring. The Hornets kept the pressure on all game long against the Cards, making them deal with their aggressive baserunning, pin-point pitching and timely hitting for a 16-5 win. HWC scored in every inning, plating three runs in the first, four in the second, five in the third, and four in the fourth to take the victory by 10-run...
Madison Johnson, a CHS senior and daughter of David and Nichole Johnson of Carrington, was selected to the Class A/B Lions All-Star Girls Basketball squad. The 5'7" senior guard helped lead the Cardinals to a 17-8 season this past season, their first in the new Division A. Johnson led the team at 11.2 points per game, and also finished as the Cards' best rebounder at 6.0 per game, along with 2.8 steals. She was second on the squad in assists, averaging 2.8. She was the first player in CHS...
The Carrington Pitcrew youth wrestling program was back in action at the 2024 Region 1 Youth Championships, held in Oakes Saturday, April 6. Landin Clifton won his 85-pound class with a 2-0 record, while runner-up finishes went to Briggs Garber (80) and Michael Vande Hoven (HWT). Taking third place were Chayse Steadmon (75) and Mason Cook (97), and Blaine Botha (65) was fourth. Match-by-match results were as follows: Region 1 Youth Championships, Oakes Saturday, April 6 65 - Blaine Botha - 4th...
Pleasant temperatures awaited central North Dakota athletes at the first outdoor track meet of the season, the Bison Stampede in Hazen Tuesday, April 9. For Carrington, it yielded three state qualifying slots for the Cardinal girls, and one for the boys' team. Senior middle distance runner Madison Johnson won both the 800 and 1,600-meter runs in standard-achieving fashion, running 2:25.69 for the former and 5:24.89 for the latter race. In the 3,200, junior Kenadie Pazdernik was the other girls'...
The HWC Hornets opened their outdoor season on Tuesday, April 9, participating in the Hazen Bison Stampede Meet. The first meet of the year started out with some great performances, as HWC qualified four people and five events for the state meet at the Bismarck Community Bowl May 23-25. Tallen Thorson started the day off finishing first and qualifying in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.03. Thorson followed that up later with another first place qualifying effort of 15.14 in the 110 high...
The Carrington track teams had their second indoor event of the young season, and the Cardinal girls are in prime early spring form. At the Thundering Herd Classic from the Shelly Ellig Track Complex at NDSU in Fargo last Monday, April 1, the Cards won the girls' portion of the meet with 72 points, edging out the Fergus Falls Otters for the title. Senior Madison Johnson won the 800-meter run in a time of 2:26.43, and she was also third in the 1,600 with a 5:19.84 clocking. Kenadie Pazdernik...
The HWC track and field team traveled to the Minot State University Dome for the CNDC Indoor meet on Thursday, March 28. Bottineau claimed the top spot on both the boys' and girls' side, but the HWC boys scored 71.5 points to finish in third while the girls scored 31, finishing in ninth place. The boys picked up three first place finishes on the day, as Kayl Sieg claimed the top spot in the 200-meter dash and Tallen Thorson claimed the 55 hurdle race. The Hornets also took the 4x160, with...
The Carrington Pitcrew youth wrestling club had two teams on the mat at state competition from the Bismarck Event Center Friday, March 22. At the North Dakota USA State Folkstyle Dual Tournament, the Pitcrew wrestled to a 4-1 record to take third place in the Large Team division, or Group 1. Carrington took a narrow 33-32 loss to the Bison Wrestling Club in the first round, but won the final four matches against the Valley City Express (58-12), Grand Forks Gladiators (46-26), and got some...
High Rollers - Week 28 Creative Impressions. 119.5 48.5 Leevers Foods 97.0 71.0 Cork & Barrel 86.0 82.0 L.R. Floucers 79.5 88.5 CK Construction 73.0 92.0 Bye 0.0 0.0 High Team Game: Leevers Foods, 809; Creative Impressions, 795; CK Construction, 781 High Team Series: Creative Impressions, 2322; Leevers Foods, 2168; CK Construction, 2135 High Individual Game: Randy Peterson, 240; Davis Roberts, 235; Bill Merriman, 225 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 675; Red Johnson, 614; Tom Carr, 564; Curtis Brandner, 564 TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 28...
Justin Hone won his division (14-year old boys) at the Knights of Columbus free throw state championship held on March 23 at St. Johns Academy in Jamestown, N.D. He made 21 out of 25 shots. In order to get to the state competition, he won the local competition in Carrington, the district competition in Devils Lake, and the regional one held in Valley City. Justin is an eighth grader at Carrington High School and is the son of Matthew and Carlen Hone....
Carrington's spring sports season began at the second consecutive weekend meet at UND's Fritz Pollard Athletic Center, the Great North Regional Open, on Saturday, March 23. Griggs/Midkota also was among the competition at the Great North, as was NR-S, making a return trip from the previous week's Fighting Hawk Classic. The Cardinal girls placed third out of 19 teams with 60 points, and got meet championships from Kenadie Pazdernik (800-meter run), and the 4x400-meter relay team of Josie...
The Harvey-Wells County track and field teams traveled to Fargo on Saturday, March 23, to compete at the North Dakota Class B Indoor Meet at the Shelly Ellig Indoor Track and Field Facility on the campus of North Dakota State University. The boys' team picked up three first place event finishes and tallied 58.33 points to finish in fifth place overall. Tallen Thorson won the 60-meter hurdles in a school record time of 8.50 seconds, and anchored two more school record relays to first place...
High Rollers - Week 27 Creative Impressions 103.5 40.5 Leevers Foods 81.0 63.0 L.R. Floucers 72.5 71.5 Cork & Barrel 69.0 75.0 CK Construction 65.0 76.0 Bye 0.0 0.0 High Team Game: Creative Impressions, 884; CK Construction, 803; Leevers Foods, 764 High Team Series: Creative Impressions, 2523; CK Construction, 2202; Leevers Foods, 2187 High Individual Game: Randy Peterson, 258; Robert Schill, 257; Red Johnson, 222; Dillon Voeltz, 222 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 684; Robert Schill, 664; Dillon Voeltz, 591 TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 27...
Contributors to Carrington Cardinal athletic programs, from the varsity down to junior varsity and C-squad levels, were all honored at the school's Athletic Awards Night for the 2023-24 season Tuesday evening, March 26. Ten activities and their past seasons were granted time for recognition, with each team's coach or advisor speaking on the successes their respective students enjoyed. Five additional sports that played last spring were also honored. Plaques were given to all seniors who...
Award winners present for Athletic Awards Night in sports from the fall 2023 season are pictured here....
Award winners present for Athletic Awards Night in sports from the winter 2023-24 and spring 2023 seasons are pictured here....
The Carrington Gymnastics Club competed at the USA Gymnastics state competition Friday-Sunday, March 22-24, at the Jamestown Civic Center. A quartet of the club's athletes earned automatic qualification for the Xcel Regionals, to be held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 19-21. In the Gold Division, Paisley Lura placed sixth in vault, and eighth in both balance beam and the all-around to qualify for Iowa. Three Silver Division gymnasts did well enough to punch their ticket to the Xcel as well. Ken...
The Carrington Spartans, named for the past Kensal High School mascot and composed of area basketball players (plus one Australian), competed in the State Amateur Tournament at the Minot State University Dome March 22-24. The Spartans played in the Commercial Division, which is the second highest classification, and went 5-0 over the three days to win the state championship. Team personnel includes, left to right: Caleb Rogelstad, Stan Schauer, Easton Page, Jameson Kramer, Sam Grayson, Scott...
A split squad of Harvey-Wells County track and field athletes recently traveled to Grand Forks to compete at the Fighting Hawk Classic at the Fritz Pollard Athletic Center on the Campus of the University of North Dakota. The event was held on Saturday, March 16. Tallen Thorson led the way for the HWC boys with a school-record setting time of 8.51 and a first place finish in the 60-meter hurdles. Christalea Wagner led the girls team with a second place finish in the 400, a fourth in the 200 and...